Wal-Mart has no stores in Hong Kong. However, it has 396 stores in China, including 351 under its namesake supercenter brand. The remaining banners include Sam’s Club, Neighborhood Market, Smart Choice and Trust-Mart, Wal-Mart said on its Website. The company has said that it plans to open 100 stores in China, which it first entered in 1996, in the next three years.

China is also a part of the company’s Internet sales expansion as Wal-Mart has invested in local online retailer Yihaodian.

Gardner said the company doesn’t break down its China sales, which posted positive comparable same-store sales in the first quarter as U.S. sales dropped for the first time after six gains.

Wal-Mart international chief Doug McMillon has said Wal-Mart has been “too accommodating” on some of its store layouts in China, adding its supercenters that are in malls need to be on one floor.

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